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Burak Buyukdemir's avatar

I like this topic :)

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Mighty Nine's avatar

Great post, especially appreciated the ‘Why now / Why you’ framing, which touches on something I find crucial but often overlooked: the Unique Insight.

I recently published a long-form piece on that very topic, with real-world examples and a simple framework founders can use. Might be a useful complement to your write-up.

Curious what you think!

https://thevcinsider.substack.com/publish/post/165718383

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Alastair Goldfisher's avatar

Really appreciated this breakdown. I’ve been thinking of some ideas lately around how teams get evaluated. Might turn it into a post myself. Would love your take: where do you personally rank the importance of the team story in all this? You touched on it briefly, but I wonder, do you see team dynamics, background and chemistry as the top signal VCs are listening for in that first conversation? Or does it sit behind things like traction, market size, product?

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